Hluminated record holder



y 1950 I v. M. SORRELLS 2,505,113

ILLUMINATED RECORD HOLDER Filed Dec. 19, 1947 IIII I 'IIII Victor M.Sorrel/s INVENTOR.

Patented May 2, 3950 npUMnva r D R oonn HQLDE}; Victor M; Sort-cells,Little Rock, Ark vv eiie e fieha 95 1 ser a t-.7 7 .9 1?! (Cl: 2-1 8)l 4Claims. 1 Y

This invention relates'to new and useful im provements and structuralrefinements in i1: luminatedrecord holder's, andthe principal ob je'ctof the ifivsnuon"tdprbv e a device of the character herein described;such as may be conveniently employedbyiiewspaper carrier boys, deliverymen; collection ag nts'and the like, asa remindergso tos'peak; for thecalls whichjthey are to'make ontheirioute. M t' A further" object of theinvention is to provide a record holder which, being illuminated, isparticularly adapted for use at night.

Another'objefct of the invention is to provide an illuminated recordholder whichis simple in construction and 'wm'eh ay be easily andconveniently manipulated.

An additional object'of the invention is to pro-, vide an illuminatedrecord" holder which will readily lend" itself to "economic manufacture,which may be easily carried the pocket or purseof the user',"and wh ichis otherwise well adapted forfthe' purpose for which it is intended.With the above more'imjportant objects in View, and such other objectsassay become apparent as thisspec'ification proceeds; the inventionconsists 'essentiallypf the arrangement and con; struction" of 7 parts"as illustrated in the a,cco1ndm-Wi in whi h Figure MS a, perspectiveviewof the invention;

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view, taken substantially in the plane" ofthe line 2-2 in Figure 3 Figure 3 is a cross sectional view; taken'sub:stantially in the plane of the'line 3'3"in Figure 2;

Figures is a cross sectional, view, taken substantially in the plane ofthe" line. 4-4 inFigf. a

Figure 5 is a cross sectional, view, taken sub,-

stantially in'the plane of the "line 5--5 Figure 2, and

Figure 6 is an end View nth nreg i Like characters of reference areemployed to oi a winding knob useddesignate like parts in thespecification and A bracket-shaped frame If: is provided in one endportion of the housing ll, this frame, dmirirriodating a pair ofrotatable,- spools- 16', I1. '4 ec s r n q ape [8. is w n' a le un ithesp ols a porti n o the. pe b n s b e; throu h e an ar ie f ope n rmed 5t e m n? o e ns are provided for rotating-the spool, L6 so asto'wind thetape [8 thereon, said means. cl que sisting of a reciprocable; plunger[9, which''x ten u w rdly, rom e ho si m s equipped at the outer endthereof with-I a finger piece 2Q, the, recip cating: movementfof the:plun er eing g ided, brvj'af su t. bi e ra e r bracket 2| withinlthehousing: I lj. The inner; end portion of the plunger l fisl formedl'witha notch finfit tu ins a, seattz for a resilient end portion of whichanchored onjthe plu as indicatedat 24,, While. its re a n nend at sform. what may bed e e redi a ah a sula drivingdog; 25; 'Iihisdbg. engaes. a ratchet. 2e providedj u the, spool. l6, 'andiit will beapparentjha am im ei u aen flg 'p e d inwa yi n thefdiregtioni of, the arrow 21.;motiong'will bew imparted to the ratchet 26 and to the spool 16, as t2.8;- Moreover, alter te nwamnd o ward movement oi the; tiger willilnpart) interrnit-v tent, un ectional 'otary motionfto thespoolg'lfi,.,.s u ,1t,thatap It will bedrawn. m the "spool llon'to the spool l6pasttheopening '81 s h t n t ons qn r h l flr hec epmegthroughitheoperiingv I31, as will,

T mdl al aears s ln th frame'IS as at 32; and the rema J 4 h d portion,of the rod is angulated and suitably anchored to the plunger l9 as at33. It will be apparent from the foregoing that the rod 29 performs atriple function, firstly, checking the rotation of the spool l6 by meansof the dog 30 as already explained, secondly, providing what may bereferred to as a tensioning device for the spool I! by virtue of thesemi-circular detent 3|, so that the possibility of slackness of thetape I8 is prevented, and thirdly, providing an additional guide at 33for the reciprocable plunger l9, and at the? same time, returning theplunger to its starting position after it has been depressed.

The tape I8 may be wound back onto the spool I! from the spool I6 bymeans of a knurled knob 34 equipped with a shank 35 which is rotatablein the housing H and is retained in position thereon by means of adiametrically extending pin 36. The inner end of the shank 35 terminatesin a diametrical protuberance or dog 3'! which is separably engageablewith a diametrical groove or socket 38 formed in one end of the spoolll. It is to be noted that when the knob 34 is rotated to rewind thetape, the frictional engagement of the detent 3| with the spool I! willswing the free end portion of the rod 29 so as to disengage the dog 30from the ratchet 26, thus facilitating rotation of the spool l6 duringrewinding of the tape. Needless to say, when the plunger I9 is in itsfull outwardly slid position, the driving dog 25 does not engage theratchet 26, so that the spool I6 is free to rotate for rewindingpurposes.

By simply removing the pin 36 and thereafter removing the knob 34 withthe shank 35 from the housing I I, the entire frame l together with thespools I6, I! may be removed from the housing for the purpose ofchanging the tape l8, if so desired. On the other hand, the tape l8 maybe changed while the frame I5 is within the housing.

Means are provided for illuminating the tape 18, said means consistingof an incandescent lamp 39 mounted in a socket 40 which, in turn, isprovided on a base 5| positioned in the housing H. This base alsocarries a pair of dry cells 42,.the latter being in circuit with thelamp 3!! through the medium of a suitable switch 43.

The actuating lever of the switch 43 projects outwardly from the housingI I through an aperture 44, and the light rays emanating from the lamp39 are, of course, diffused throughout the housing ll, so that the tapeI8 is clearly visible through the opening 18. In addition, an opening 45is provided in the cover l2, so that light may emanate outwardly,directly from the lamp 39.

If desired, the tape l8 may pass over a platform 46 provided on theframe l5 and disposed under the opening l8, this platform providing asupport for the tape when inscriptions are being written thereon.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will beclearly apparent from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly, afurther description thereof at this point is deemed unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changesin the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be resortedto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention asclaimed.

Having described the claimed as new is:

invention, what is 1. A record holder, comprising in combination, ahousing formed with a sight opening, a pair of rotatable spools in saidhousing, a record tape windable on said spools, a portion of said tapebeing visible through said opening, a ratchet on one of said spools, areciprocable plunger provided on said housing, a driving dog on saidplunger and in operative engagement with said ratchet, and a combinedtensioning and checking device comprising a resilient memberfrictionally engaging the remaining spool and having a free end portionin engagement with said ratchet.

2. In a record holder, the combination of a housing formed with a sightopening, a pair of rotatable spools in said housing, a record tapewindable on said spools and visible through said opening, a ratchet onone of said spools, a reciprocable plunger provided in and extendingoutwardly from said housing, a driving dog on said plunger and inoperative engagement with said ratchet, and combined means fortensioning the remaining spool, checking rotation of said ratchet andurging said plunger outwardly from said housing, said means comprising aresilient rod provided intermediate its ends with a detent frictionallyengaging said remaining spool, one end portion of said rod beingangulated to provide a check dog in engagement with said ratchet, andthe remaining end portion of said rod constituting a U-shaped guideengaging an inner portion of said plunger.

3. The device as defined in claim 2 wherein one edge of said plunger isprovided with a notch, said driving dog comprising a resilient wirehaving an intermediate portion thereof seated in said notch, said wireterminating at one end thereof in an angulated catch seated on an edgeof said plunger opposite from the notched edge, and the remaining endportion of said wire being angulated to operatively engage said ratchet.

4. The device as defined in claim 2 together with a rewinding knobprovided exteriorly of said housing and operatively connected to saidremaining spool, the frictional engagement of said detent with saidremaining spool disengaging said check dog from said ratchet uponactuation of said knob.

VICTOR M. SORRELLS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 185,271 Rees Dec. 12, 1876434,217 Wagner Aug. 12, 1890 2,054,459 Burt Sept. 15, 1936 FOREIGNPATENTS Number Country Date 238,311 Germany June 16, 1931

